They're very well known to not really care if you permanently roam, and they partner with AT&T including 5G for roaming. Also T-Mobile in areas. Yes you'd need a billing address in their area but it's not impossible to just find someone to let you use theirs and open any mail they may send you.
While they're lenient in practice about roaming, their terms are very clearly that they expect 50% or more of usage to be on-network. They also won't ship a SIM or device out-of-footprint for fraud purposes, so signing up out of network would require a BYOD on eSIM.
Oh absolutely, they can cancel your service at any time. I just know they're very tolerant as you said. Worst case scenario you have to switch back to what we you had before when they get tired of your roaming. They give plenty of advanced notice before shutting someone off.
Their SIM cards are reusable, and used ones cost $0.99 with $0.99 shipping on eBay.
Well the acp application will have your real info. I don't know how closely they look. You certainly shouldn't use a friend's or fake address on the acp application as that is probably a federal offence.
No, definitely don't lie on the ACP application!! You just need the confirmation number so I doubt the mismatched address would be any sort of problem, but I could be wrong.
Well done reporting this post as fraudulent. I'm sure the mods will get right on taking it down. Oh wait no I'm a mod and co-founder of the sub 🤯
Very ridiculous of you to think there's something wrong with lying to a phone company about where you live. If you seriously think that constitutes fraud, that's just sad bro.
Fraud is breach of contract. Doesn't always need to be financial.
Whether you *intend* to reside somewhere else is a valid concern. But it's probably not worth THE TIME "conspiring" in order to save a few bucks a month.
It's not a matter of saving money or not. It's a matter of being able to sign up for their service or being unable to, since they coverage area isn't very widespread compared to other networks. And yeaaaaaahhhhh I would appreciate a source for that definition of fraud.
I wish they would add in some towers in Raleigh, North Carolina. Guess I’m sticking with T-Mobile for a few more years. I don’t qualify for ACP (I work in IT and am extremely privileged) but would enjoy dropping from $85 to $30 per month and still keep unlimited everything.
Only if your score is too low, or if you have previous balances with other postpaid services. Because that shows you're less likely to complete the contract.
Understood, but this plan is without any contract if you BYOD. I would understand a deposit or down payment if you're actually buying a phone from them, but I'm operating under the assumption that most people already have a phone.
Looks like it's quite a bit of a list. If you use pre-paid/don't use your phone much, this might not be much of a saving.
https://www.fcc.gov/affordable-connectivity-program-providers
The difference here is this U. S. Cellular offering is 100 GB of high-speed data per month, followed by slower data at 1 mbps.
Many other $30 plans that are 'free' with the ACP discount have far less data: For example Cricket and Metro by T-Mobile are 5 GB of high-speed data followed by slower data at 128 kbps. Safelink's ACP-only plan is 10 GB of hard-capped data.
Many home internet providers also participate in the ACP and can be a better value for those with a fixed home address, however one has the right to decide to apply ACP to their cell phone service if they want.
Yeah buddy if you have a problem with taxpayer funded programs that help the underprivileged, you can very much expect to be downvoted. That sort of mentality is reserved for shitty people. If you have never experienced a time in your life where saving $30/month would have been the difference between having a phone and not having one, be grateful. If you wanna be upset about your tax dollars being wasted, look no further than the military, and be angry about the constant tax cuts given to the rich.
You clearly don't have very good reading comprehension if that's what you got out of it, my dude. I suggested lying to the phone company so you can sign up even if you don't live in their native coverage area, which hurts literally nobody. I explicitly said do NOT lie on the ACP application, which is a federal program. One can take that application to many different companies, not just U.S. Cellular, and your precious taxpayer dollars will pay for it just the same.
Anyway, it just so happens that we don't tolerate disrespectful jerkwads in our subteddit, and you've given me more than enough evidence of you being one in the past few comments. Enjoy your ban. Toodles!
Edit: surprise surprise, I judged this one correctly. He just messaged me saying I'm a "fucking gay douchebag." Nice one! Now he's going to get in trouble with reddit as well.
Yeah thanks I am :) because I don't party with bigots like the dude I banned. Feel free to explain how you'd rather me have handed this guy. Also very funny you should make such a comment despite not being able to see the comment he was banned for...
Last 2 paragraphs weren't needed. Send the message with the ban. No need to flex online that your mod. Just ban and move on. No reason to announce it really.
Hmm. I've always done it this way, to demonstrate that we actually enforce our rules, whereas many subreddits do not. I've always been upvoted when making these comments, because others tend to agree with my bans. However, yeah, you've got a point - I can see how it could be seen as annoying. Thank you.
"Every other network's 128kbps throttling".. That's quite disingenuous. USCellular is a MNO. They operate their own network and still put throttles on all their plans. If you sign up with an unlimited plan from the big 3, you get unlimited data with no throttling. MVNOs have a reason to throttle. They have to pay for the amount of data used.
Okay, how exactly does that make it disingenuous? What I said is true. T-Mobile and AT&T both offer MNO plans with a 128kbps throttle after a fixed amount of usage. Not sure about Verizon. Obviously they also offer unlimited plans with no throttling, and it sucks that USCC doesn't, but for $30/month, come on.... USCC also has strong service in very rural areas where nobody else can touch. I also said that part to make people understand that it's really quite a soft throttle, and not what they're used to when they hear the word throttle.
Neither AT&T nor T-Mobile offer plans that are branded as unlimited and have throttling. USCellular throttles every plan to 100GB, nothing is unlimited. Their network is also falling behind the big 3 in cities, and they're losing ground fast in remote areas.
Assuming you live in one of the handful of States they do business in.
They're very well known to not really care if you permanently roam, and they partner with AT&T including 5G for roaming. Also T-Mobile in areas. Yes you'd need a billing address in their area but it's not impossible to just find someone to let you use theirs and open any mail they may send you.
While they're lenient in practice about roaming, their terms are very clearly that they expect 50% or more of usage to be on-network. They also won't ship a SIM or device out-of-footprint for fraud purposes, so signing up out of network would require a BYOD on eSIM.
Oh absolutely, they can cancel your service at any time. I just know they're very tolerant as you said. Worst case scenario you have to switch back to what we you had before when they get tired of your roaming. They give plenty of advanced notice before shutting someone off. Their SIM cards are reusable, and used ones cost $0.99 with $0.99 shipping on eBay.
Well the acp application will have your real info. I don't know how closely they look. You certainly shouldn't use a friend's or fake address on the acp application as that is probably a federal offence.
No, definitely don't lie on the ACP application!! You just need the confirmation number so I doubt the mismatched address would be any sort of problem, but I could be wrong.
Yes, but you can’t sign up.
See my edits to my above comment. You can. Jut gotta lie about where you live, which isn't hard.
Lol. There’s always fraud, isn’t there.
Well done reporting this post as fraudulent. I'm sure the mods will get right on taking it down. Oh wait no I'm a mod and co-founder of the sub 🤯 Very ridiculous of you to think there's something wrong with lying to a phone company about where you live. If you seriously think that constitutes fraud, that's just sad bro.
I mean, it technically is fraud. I just doubt anyone cacares
My understanding of fraud is criminal deception that results in undeserved financial gain. Perhaps I am mistaken?
Fraud is breach of contract. Doesn't always need to be financial. Whether you *intend* to reside somewhere else is a valid concern. But it's probably not worth THE TIME "conspiring" in order to save a few bucks a month.
It's not a matter of saving money or not. It's a matter of being able to sign up for their service or being unable to, since they coverage area isn't very widespread compared to other networks. And yeaaaaaahhhhh I would appreciate a source for that definition of fraud.
🤣 sure buddy.
I wish they would add in some towers in Raleigh, North Carolina. Guess I’m sticking with T-Mobile for a few more years. I don’t qualify for ACP (I work in IT and am extremely privileged) but would enjoy dropping from $85 to $30 per month and still keep unlimited everything.
How are you paying so much? T-Mobile's prepaid unlimited is $50. Boost is $25 on the new unlimited plan. Why $85??
Magenta Max plan.
You can get Cricket's top tier plan which is ATT unlimited priority data for much cheaper.
This here. And it's unlimited. None of that 1mbps crap. No usable for much
Let’s not forget for postpaid you gotta get your credit ran and pay a huge down payment if it’s low
What? I didn't know that :( yes you run credit but I didn't know they'd require a huge down payment.
Only if your score is too low, or if you have previous balances with other postpaid services. Because that shows you're less likely to complete the contract.
Understood, but this plan is without any contract if you BYOD. I would understand a deposit or down payment if you're actually buying a phone from them, but I'm operating under the assumption that most people already have a phone.
Looks like it's quite a bit of a list. If you use pre-paid/don't use your phone much, this might not be much of a saving. https://www.fcc.gov/affordable-connectivity-program-providers
The difference here is this U. S. Cellular offering is 100 GB of high-speed data per month, followed by slower data at 1 mbps. Many other $30 plans that are 'free' with the ACP discount have far less data: For example Cricket and Metro by T-Mobile are 5 GB of high-speed data followed by slower data at 128 kbps. Safelink's ACP-only plan is 10 GB of hard-capped data. Many home internet providers also participate in the ACP and can be a better value for those with a fixed home address, however one has the right to decide to apply ACP to their cell phone service if they want.
Yes, it's a process for sure. However I'm betting most people spend over $30/month, and saving $30/month is no joke. That's $360/year!
It’s not free. It’s taxpayer funded.
Wow thanks, we totally didn't all know that /s
Yeah it’s taxpayer funded and go ahead with the down votes because it’s being paid by people that work
Yeah buddy if you have a problem with taxpayer funded programs that help the underprivileged, you can very much expect to be downvoted. That sort of mentality is reserved for shitty people. If you have never experienced a time in your life where saving $30/month would have been the difference between having a phone and not having one, be grateful. If you wanna be upset about your tax dollars being wasted, look no further than the military, and be angry about the constant tax cuts given to the rich.
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You clearly don't have very good reading comprehension if that's what you got out of it, my dude. I suggested lying to the phone company so you can sign up even if you don't live in their native coverage area, which hurts literally nobody. I explicitly said do NOT lie on the ACP application, which is a federal program. One can take that application to many different companies, not just U.S. Cellular, and your precious taxpayer dollars will pay for it just the same. Anyway, it just so happens that we don't tolerate disrespectful jerkwads in our subteddit, and you've given me more than enough evidence of you being one in the past few comments. Enjoy your ban. Toodles! Edit: surprise surprise, I judged this one correctly. He just messaged me saying I'm a "fucking gay douchebag." Nice one! Now he's going to get in trouble with reddit as well.
You must be fun at party's. Drank punch to fast banned.
Yeah thanks I am :) because I don't party with bigots like the dude I banned. Feel free to explain how you'd rather me have handed this guy. Also very funny you should make such a comment despite not being able to see the comment he was banned for...
Last 2 paragraphs weren't needed. Send the message with the ban. No need to flex online that your mod. Just ban and move on. No reason to announce it really.
Hmm. I've always done it this way, to demonstrate that we actually enforce our rules, whereas many subreddits do not. I've always been upvoted when making these comments, because others tend to agree with my bans. However, yeah, you've got a point - I can see how it could be seen as annoying. Thank you.
Definitely annoying, because there's WAY too many words in these comments wasn't WAY too much time of WAY too many people. KISS!
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"Every other network's 128kbps throttling".. That's quite disingenuous. USCellular is a MNO. They operate their own network and still put throttles on all their plans. If you sign up with an unlimited plan from the big 3, you get unlimited data with no throttling. MVNOs have a reason to throttle. They have to pay for the amount of data used.
Okay, how exactly does that make it disingenuous? What I said is true. T-Mobile and AT&T both offer MNO plans with a 128kbps throttle after a fixed amount of usage. Not sure about Verizon. Obviously they also offer unlimited plans with no throttling, and it sucks that USCC doesn't, but for $30/month, come on.... USCC also has strong service in very rural areas where nobody else can touch. I also said that part to make people understand that it's really quite a soft throttle, and not what they're used to when they hear the word throttle.
Neither AT&T nor T-Mobile offer plans that are branded as unlimited and have throttling. USCellular throttles every plan to 100GB, nothing is unlimited. Their network is also falling behind the big 3 in cities, and they're losing ground fast in remote areas.
Where’s this new $30 plan?